Kimi Raikkonen has said that he can handle all the pressure of Formula One and believes that he will emerge successful. Mika Hakkinen has reiterated in many of his interviews that he was delighted to see Kimi taking his seat and that his decision of a sabbatical became much easy after knowing that. Hakkinen was quoted as saying "If you want to win, get the Finn". Mika believes that Kimi would take a little time to get adjusted with the new team, but eventually will get into the groove. He believes that Kimi has the talent to push Coulthard but that would come after a lot of hard work.
With Mclaren shifting to Michelin for their tyre supply next year, the tyre battle has warmed up in Formula One. Both Mclaren and Ferrari, the top two teams of Formula One were using Goodyear tyres till the mid-nineties and later shifted to Bridgestone towards the end of the century. With Goodyear expected to make a comeback in 2003, it would be an interesting three-way battle in the tyre area. In 2001, Michelin proved to perform better in high speed circuits while Bridestone were brilliant in all others. The emergence of this different tyre performance has broughtin an altogether new aspect to the sport as tyres are now a major factor in the arce unlike last year where all the teams recieved the same tyres.
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